Combined headlight guard and dimmer.



APPLICATION FILED AUG. d. 15115.

.Iufmvd June 20. 1916.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- l EARL NCHERRY, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO HARRY S. CLARK, OF UHICAO,

- ILLINOIS. I

COMBINED HEDLIGHT GUARD AND DIMMER.

i Specication of Letters Patent, Patted June 20, 1916.

Application led August 18, 1915. Serial No. 46,029.

To all whom it may concern: f

Be it known that LEARL N. CHERRY, a citizen of. the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State 4of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Headlight Guard and Dimmer, of which the following is a specification.

.This invention relates to improvements in an. improved headlight guard and dimmer and it has for its salient objects, to provide a construction which will form an effective guard or protection for the crystal or glass of a headlight lamp; which is of such construction that it may be expanded or contracted to lit various sizes of headlights; which is provided with a complementary dimmer which, may be used coperatively with the guard, or omitted,- at pleasure; to provide a construction which, except for the dimmer disk, is made wholly of wire, and is therefore very economical in cost of material and-construction; to provide a device which is at once strong and durable and presents an ornamental and .finished appearance;

and, in general, itis an object of the invention to provide an improved device of' the character referred to.

The invention will be readily understood from the following description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front or face elevation of an ordinary headlight equipped with myl im proved guard. the dimmer being,r left off;

Fig'. a side elevation of the headlight with the guardapplied thereto and shown in axial. section; the dimmer being in this instance attached and also shown in axial section; Fig. 3 is an inside face elevation of the dimmer disk.

In making the preferred embodiment of my invention, that shown in the drawings, I provide a. peripheral elastic guard member by forming suitable spring steel, stil or resilient wire, into a continuous length of oppositely extending or zigzag loops, as 2, 3, lying in the same plane, and I then bend or shape the skeleton ribbon-like structure so formed into transversely convex forni, so

-that it will fit over, clasp, and embrace .the

edge of an automobile or other headlight. The convex cross-scctional form of themarginal frame is shown clearly in sectional View of Fig. 2. l prefer to make the out- If it is to be translucent,

-wardly pointing loops 2 of such length that they will project Some distance inwardly beyond the exposed edge of the glazing or crystalv 4 of the headlight, while the out# wardly and rearwardly projecting vloops 3 are .made of su'ch length as to Aextend well behind the rim of the headlight, as seen clearly in Fig. 2. Each end of the marginalv frame is provided with one member of a clasp, whereby the twoends may be hooked or clasped together after the guard has been applied to the headlight. Preferably, the two members 5 and of the clasp 'are made as integral continuations of the wire which forms the main marginal frame. To complete the guard proper, I provide a series of radial guard wires 7, extending from the inner ends of the loops 2 toa central support or ring 8 located at the center of theguard asa whole. Preferably the guard wires 7 take the formof single wire links provided at their ends with loops which are loopedA through the ends of the loops 2 and around the ringr 8, respectively. At their outer ends, the guardwires 7 are preferably soldered or welded to the corresponding loops of the. border frame, but they are simply looped loosely-around the ring 8 atf their inner ends so as to pivot en the latter. The dimmer element 9, as .shown in the present instance` is a metal or' other Suitabde sheet material disk, made outwardly convex and intcriorlv concavcd to tit upon the central part of the guard. Attached to the interior of the disk at its center is a two-arm strap spring 10, which is of such conformaeasily moved by applying sufficientforce to separate the parts. The disk 9 may be either opaque or translucent, as preferred. it may be made of Celluloid instead of metal. Q

The application of the guard toA a headlight is obvious and requires no description. By reason of the fact that the oppositely disposed or zigzag loops of the border frame are formed of spring' wire, it is obvious that the frame may be expanded to fit largerV headlights than those of the size which the border frame normally assumes. I f made of hard drawn wire, the border frame can be closed up.k so as to ta headlight smaller than the size which it 'normally assumes.

`These expansions or contraction-s of the ing" fromftlie invention, especially as set forth in-xthebroaderlof the appended clainie. I do not, therefore, Wish to be understood as being limited to theprecis-e details of form and construction shown.

Iclaim as my invention: v

1. A guard for headlights and analogous devices, comprising an elastic bor( frame of, vor incorporating, ,spring metal `formed and adapted to be clasped upon the periph- `ment located at ornear the center lguard as al whole and having art ery `of a headlight or the like, and an open framework connected with said border frame and overlying-'the face of the headlight inside saidborder frame.

2. A guard for headlightsand analogous devices, comprislnga skeleton. wire border fr ame adapted to fit uponthe peiphery of a headlight` or thelilre, and a serine` o'lI guar-'l Wires .connected With and v'extending from the border-"frame radially inwardly to a. connecting element, lsaid :face guard wires haring artiolulated connection with Said con necting element .so-as to 'permit expansion and eontrationof the gua wr io.

3. A guard Vfor headlights and analogous devices, comprising an' elastic efgaeou border fra-me formed of,l tortnously-beut Wire and shaped .to ,fit and einen n periphery of a heno ight or thJ Series of radially-disposed necting said border frame to e..

on the and a im fi elfi" ir' the dilated connectionWitihfl id union eli t,

4. A f'uard for lieadlwht` und analofoue devices, comprising an elast! skeleton border frame of spring wire bei t forni alternate, opposltely disposed loops, and bent along its longitndu'aal axis into eopcavoconvex form in ction, means fo eonnectnlggtho ends oi tu'. border frame spring ortuously tol ofthe latter. o. .s a new artlcle .of manufacture,` a

upon the periphery of a headlight and to cverlic the face of the latter, and a dimmer element detachably mounted upon said guard. v

7. A guard for lamps and analogous devices, comprising a skeleton wire border frame adapted to fit' upon the periphery of a headligl'it or the like,l a series of guard sl "eten wire guard adapted to embrace and4 wires connected with and extending'from the border frame radially inwardly to a connecting element, said face guard wires having articulated connection with Said connecting element so as to permit expansion and contraction ofthe guard as a whole, and a dinan-er .disk detachably mounted upon the face portion of said guard.

A headlight guard, comprising an` eX- pansible, wire `frame adapted to be .Secured to the periphery of the headlight, guard Wires extending from the frame to ,a conneet-ing portion in the center of the headlight lens.y and a dimmer secured to the face of the guard.

9. A guard for headlights, comprisingan e .lnsible wire frame, means for Securing aan.. infame in its stretched point-ion to the perigriliery of the headlight, a` central portion. connecting Wires between said central portion and the-frame and a disk secured to the central portion and extending t0- 'ward the periphery.

l0. As a new article of manufacture, an expansible and contraotible skeleton wire guard adapted to fit upon the periphery of the headlight to protectthe periphery and face thereof and a' dimmer disk detachably mounted upon the face portion of the guard.

EARL N. CHERRY.

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[xmisinrrv H. GRAVES, ll. S. CLARK. 

